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COLLAR BUTTON. No. 596,031. Patented Dec. 21,1897.

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FRANK A, LOVELAND, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO INVISIBLE COLLAR BUTTON CO.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 596,031, dated December 21, 1897.

I application filed May 22, 1897- Serial No. 637,688. (No model.)

1' 0 aZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. LOVELAND, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a collar-button provided with a pointed hook or spur adapted to engage a cravat or necktie and prevent the latter from slipping upwardly, particularly when the cravat is tied in a bow and used with a standing collar.

The invention has for its object to provide a collar-button of this class of such construc tion that the hook or spur will not interfere with the operation of buttoning and unbuttoning the collar and will not be liable to injure the fingers of the wearer.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents an end view of a button embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing the point of the hook sprung outwardly in position to engage the necktie. Fig. 3 represents a section similar to Fig. 2, showing the point of the hook within the groove in the head of the button. Fig. 4 represents a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents the head of a collar-button, the same being connected by a shank b with the foot 0. The shank and foot may be of any suitable form, the shank being preferably flat or of such form in cross-section that when it is in the buttonhole of a collar it will be prevented from turning in the buttonhole by the pressure of the edges of the buttonhole upon its upper and lower surfaces.

In the outer surface of the head is formed a groove e, which extends practically across the head and is so arranged relatively to the shank of the but-ton that it will stand vertically when the shank is held, as above described, by the buttonhole of a collar. From the head at one end of the groove springs a pin d, which is affixed at one end to the head at the upper end of the groove and projects downwardly along the groove, its lower end being'free and sharply pointed. The pin is sufficiently flexible to enable its pointed end to be bent outwardly and project slightly from the adjacent surface of the head a, so that it is in position to penetrate a necktie and prevent the latter from slipping upwardly, the groove being considerably wider and deeper than the cross-section of the pin, so that there is room between the pin and the walls of the groove for a portion of the fabric of the necktie. The flexibility of the pin is such that its pointed end may be pressed backwardly until the penetrating point is substantially flush with or within the outer surface of the head. When the pin is adjusted as last described,its point is guarded or covered, so that it will not prick the fingers of the wearer and will not come in contact with the edge of the buttonhole when the collar is being buttoned.

It will be seen from the foregoing that a slight pressure on the pin will adapt the button to be readily inserted in and removed from a buttonhole and that after the button has been inserted a slight outward movement of the point of the pin will enable it to en gage the necktie and prevent the latter from slipping upwardly.

I claim- A collar-button having a groove or recess in its head, and a flexible hook or pin secured to the head at one end of the groove and extending lengthwise thereof, the groove being wider than the diameter of the pin, and the pin having a pointed end adapted to be moved outwardly from the groove to engage a necktie, or to lie within the groove to be guarded by the walls thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of May, A. D. 1897.

FRANK A.'LOVELAND Witnesses:

O. F. BROWN,

A. D. HARRISON. 

